At Dutch Retirement Homes, People of All Ages Moving In
In the United States, we assume that retirement homes and communities are inhabited exclusively by senior citizens.
That's not the case in the Netherlands, where nursing homes are increasingly offering something called "intergenerational" living -- housing young people and seniors near each other for a truly unique environment.
According to CTV News, the Dutch government's budget cuts for retirement living subsidies has left many retirement homes with more rooms than they can fill, leaving them to turn to younger generations.
In many cases, this intergenerational living scheme is beneficial to both parties. At one nursing home in Deventer, six university students partake in a unique project that gives them a free place to live. In exchange, they must each spend 30 hours weekly with any ...